When director Jeff Tremaine and the members of Jackass were out shooting footage for their last theatrical endeavor, Jackass 2, they would up with so much material that they essentially had enough for two movies. The best of that material wound up in the theatrical film while the leftovers have been assembled here on this DVD and released as Jackass 2.5. So, going in knowing that this is the stuff that didn't make the final cut, is it worth watching?

If you dig Jackass, yeah, it is.

Not everything in here is comedy gold but there is enough funny and outlandish material in the film's brief sixty-four minute running time that those with an affinity for the rude, crude and tattooed humor that these boys create will want to give it a look. Things start off with a bit where Preston gets painted up like King Kong and Wee Man gets dolled up as Fay Wray. They sit atop a porta potty which in turn sits on the edge of a cliff. The rest of the crew fly remote control planes at the two poor bastards and everyone learns the hard way that Preston has a very serious fear of heights.

From there we see 'Dizzy Boxing' in which two guys are spun around on office chairs and then allowed to box one another inside what looks like a suite inside a high-rise office building. Bam makes a phone call to his mother before he heads to the beach where he flies a kite 'out of his ass.' This is exactly what it sounds like - no elaboration on the part of this reviewer is really needed!

Wee Man plays Matador to a small but pissed off bull, and Bam launches a rocket into his mom's house and melts the carpet. Preston gets pissed off when a giant clamp is attached to the back of his arm, and Wee Man pees in a water gun and surprises people wanting a cold beer with a golden shower. Bam hits a golf ball out of Dunn's ass and the rest of the crew get into it at the driving range, and Knoxville has his prostrate checked by a creepy Russian doctor. There's some fun Wild Boyz footage here where Steve-O begrudgingly lets a cobra bit an inflated condom out of his ass, and from there we see the whole gang head to India where Steve-O pukes a lot and Ehren lies on a bed of nails.

Preston takes a few shots from a paintball team in a place where no normal man would ever want to be shot, while Knoxville dresses up as surly senior citizen and prank the locals. The whole gang race mini-motorcycles to the sounds of Turbonegro inside a small grocery store resulting in mass chaos, while an insanely obese woman tries to give birth to Wee Man. Last but not least, Preston has to have some powder inserted into his ass to see if his farts will produce a dust cloud.

In between bits we hear from the guys involved about what went wrong and what they were trying for in the first place with some of these ideas. This makes Jackass 2.5 almost as much of a documentary as it does a compilation of nutty stunt footage and it also takes up a notable portion of the film's running time. That said, if you know you enjoy this material then you know you'll enjoy this release. Is it the best place for newbies to start? No, definitely not. And it isn't on par with the best of the TV show or the two theatrical films but there is enough raucous and raunchy humor here to satiate most of us even if it isn't something you're likely to return to as often as the best of their material.